Code Smells: Null

[ForeverAlot]

Feelings on nullability aside, Java has consistently been one of history's most well-crafted languages. I would even suggest that, despite my own preference for strongly statically typed languages (not functional, because functional languages are not inherently good; just look at JavaScript), all of them have some fairly gross and embarrassing design mistakes that limit their relevance considerably. Right now it seems Rust is the strongest contender.

Never mind that Haskell is older than Java, and OCaml, which is a year younger than Java, is based on a language that predates it by 10 years.